• Correct : The basketball team won the game !
• Incorrect : I am going to the game ! The game is on Friday ! There is no class on Friday !
• Incorrect : The basketball team won the game !!!!!!!!!!!!
HYPHENS Use a hyphen to connect two or more words , but only when they are used as adjectives .
• She has a full-time job on campus .
• He teaches an on-campus course full time because he enjoys being on campus .
Do not use a hyphen to connect " -ly " adverbs to the words they modify .
• Incorrect : The heavily-loaded truck began its drive .
• Correct : The heavily loaded truck began its drive .
Do not use a hyphen to designate dual heritage .
• Incorrect : African-American
• Correct : Mexican American
• Correct : African American studies
Suspend hyphens in a series .
• Do you want first- , business- , or economy-class tickets ? Hyphenate prefixes only when the root word begins with a vowel and the prefix ends with the same vowel .
• pre-emptive , semi-invalid , precook
Do not hyphenate the word " collegewide " – this is a Florida College System term that has entered common usage in our world .
Note : There may be EFSC departments that use a hyphenated version of collegewide in their own communications , but the website still uses it as one word for consistency .
• The Office of Collegewide Communications is happy to assist you ! PERIODS Always use a single space after a period ( the Internet is not a typewriter ).
• Correct : I have a Snapchat account . I use it all the time .
• Incorrect : I have a Snapchat account . I use it all the time .
Periods should also follow URLs that fall at the end of a sentence . ( Important Note : When hyperlinking the URL , do not include the period in the active hyperlink .)
• Correct : For more information , visit easternflorida . edu / go / greendot .
• Incorrect : For more information , visit easternflorida . edu / go / greendot
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